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THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY WAS 63 DEGREES IN 1985. THE LOWEST THE MERCURY HAS EVER DROPPED TO IS
ZERO IN 1918 AND 1970. NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES 34 DEGREES AND
THE LOW ABOUT 20.
THERE IS ALMOST A 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE, THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY SNOW. THE MOST
PRECIPITATION EVER ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FELL IN 1932 WHEN 1.40 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
THE MOST SNOW FELL IN 1964 TOTALING 8.1 INCHES BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM. REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING SNOW WERE NOT A PROBLEM HOWEVER AS WIND SPEEDS WERE
RELATIVELY LOW.
A SEVERE WINTER STORM BEGAN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN
1945 AND BEFORE IT WAS OVER ON THE 2ND, 15.0 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN. THE SNOW
COMBINED WITH WINDS OF GALE FORCE RESULTED IN ANOTHER CRIPPLING OF BOTH CITY AND
INTER CITY TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION BY BUSES AND STREET CARS. RAILWAY
SCHEDULES WERE NOT ABANDONED BUT ALL PASSENGER TRAINS WERE SEVERAL HOURS LATE.
THE STORM WAS GENERAL THROUGHOUT WESTERN NEW YORK AND MANY HIGHWAYS WERE
IMPASSABLE. AIR TRAVEL WAS CANCELED. SCHOOLS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY CLOSED.
| TEMPERATURE DATA |
|
| HIGHEST |
63 IN 1985 |
| LOWEST |
0 IN 1918 AND 1970 |
| LOWEST MAXIMUM |
11 IN 1918 |
| HIGHEST MINIMUM |
37 IN 1950 |
| AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE |
34.4 |
| AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE |
20.7 |
|
HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES
|
| TEENS |
20S |
30S |
40S |
50S |
60S |
|
| 10 |
30 |
48 |
17 |
13 |
1 |
NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES |
| 8% |
26% |
40% |
15% |
11% |
1% |
|
| PRECIPITATION DATA |
|
| MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION |
1.40 INCHES IN 1932 |
| MAXIMUM SNOW |
8.1 INCHES IN 1964 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION |
75 OCCURRENCES OR 63% |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH TRACE OR
MORE PRECIPITATION |
100 OCCURRENCES OR 85% |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO
PRECIPITATION |
17 OCCURRENCES OR 15% |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SNOW TRACE OR MORE |
82 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SNOW OVER A TRACE |
55 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SNOW 1.0 INCH OR
MORE |
16 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SNOW 5.0 INCHES OR
MORE |
1 |
WEATHER FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS
| YEAR |
HIGH |
LOW |
PRECIP |
SNOW |
REMARKS |
| 1999 |
18 |
2 |
0.01 |
0.3 |
MORNING SNOW, THEN AFTERNOON SUN |
| 2000 |
50 |
31 |
0.00 |
|
MOSTLY SUNNY |
| 2001 |
23 |
14 |
0.01 |
0.4 |
MORNING SNOW, THEN PARTLY SUNNY |
| 2002 |
25 |
15 |
TRACE |
0.1 |
M.CLOUDY, AM/EARLY
PM SNOW SHOWERS |
| 2003 |
33 |
22 |
0.07 |
0.3 |
INCRG CLOUDS, EVNG
FRZG RAIN AND SNOW |
| 2004 |
35 |
30 |
0.00 |
|
PARTLY SUNNY |
| 2005 |
50 |
32 |
0.00 |
|
PARTLY SUNNY |
| 2006 |
36 |
32 |
TRACE |
|
CLOUDY, EARLY AFTERNOON DRIZZLE |
| 2007 |
52 |
39 |
0.13 |
|
CLOUDY, RAIN |
| 2008 |
35 |
23 |
0.35 |
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CLOUDY, FLURRIES |
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